I am a historian who grew up outside the nation’s capital, wandered the streets of Colonial Williamsburg as an undergraduate at the College of William and Mary, and gained experience as a graduate student of public history at American University. Currently employed at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, I believe it is my role to preserve, protect, and interpret the past for future generations.

Current Work

Most of my career has been at the National Trust for Historic Preservation where I manage digital content for preservation professionals through a variety of channels. My position involves providing strategic direction and content development for the website (I was the project manager for the site's re-launch in June 2016), the Forum blog, and enhanced content for our all digital publication, Forum Journal. In conjunction to my duties as a content manager I also market materials to professionals via the central National Trust social media channels.

I am also an active member of the National Council on Public History where I have served as chair of the Nominating Committee (member 2013-2016, chair 2015-2016), and currently volunteer as a sub-section editor of History@Work. I currently co-chair the program committee for the 2018 annual meeting in Las Vegas. In the past I have served on the Sustainability Committee and the Program Committee for the 2008 annual conference in Louisville.

Past Experience

Interned at the National Park Service working with HABS/HAER/HALS and the National Historic Landmark Program.

Interned at the British Museum in London, England (2005) where I developed a poster exhibition for the Clore Education Centre. Through this I gained experience in exhibit design, storyboarding, and label writing.

Interned at the National Museum of American History working in the education department to develop pre-school programming for America on the Move. In a previous internship in what is now the Digital and New Media team I worked on HistoryWired, an online exhibit of objects from across the museum.

My mother's hand

Public Speaking

National Public History Conference2016: Panelist and Moderator: Challenging Perceptions of Preservation2012: Working Group Co-Chair, Sustainability and Public History2010: Moderator, Heritage of a World in Trust: Conservation in A Changing Climate2009: Moderator, America’s Historic Sites at a Crossroads2007: Presenter, “A Sense of Place”: “The Moodie Forester: Historic Trees, Places and the Past in the American Psyche”